On July 5, 1665, William and 30 other convicted Quakers were sent to Virginia and New England. They
were exiled because of their religious beliefs. They came over on "The Nicholas of London", this is located on document
No. 661. Most of the Larkins who stayed in North Carolina, near Wilmington, spelled their name with an 'S', the others
took the name"Larkin", most of those individuals stayed in the New Endland area or Northern States.

Many different spellings of Larkins-Lark-Larklyn-Larkin-Learkin, the majority of the families stayed in
North Carolina and Virginia - 11 families. The others stayed in New England - 27 families. This information from
early 1700. The average family size is listed at 5.4 persons. By 1790 there were already 306 Larkins in the United
States and this totaled 70 families.

Larkins is an English name which means Merry person, or an early riser. It is also the name of a person
who netted birds and sold them at the market.

(Notes: Roger served in the Revolutionary War. His name is found in the book written by the
D.A.R., titled The North Carolina Militia. Roger was a farmer and had 2 slaves according to the 1796 census. He
also had 4 females, 1 male under 16 yrs, and 1 male over 16 yrs., living at home.-Info from Early Ravencroft History, by Jim
Ravencroft, rootsweb.com)

Children of Roger b. 1772 & Sussanna:

1. John b.____ in North Carolina, d. 1845 in Graves Co., Kentucky. He . Elizabeth
Gibbons 27 Jan 1834 in Hawlins Co., Tenn, daughter of John Gibbons & Sarah Bell. She was born abt 1805 in Tenn,
d. abt 1852.